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Title: 1979 50c Gold or Not to Gold
Post by: petpat on May 09, 2015, 04:56:28 PM

Hi Everyone,
A friend of mine came across a 1979 50c piece, nothing unusual about that but it is of gold appearance. Either Gold Plate or is gold.
From what I can research no gold or gold plate coin was manufactured in 1979.
Anyone have any ideas on this.

Tks all.

Title: RE: 1979 50c Gold or Not to Gold
Post by: Goldseeker on May 09, 2015, 05:41:23 PM

What we need is a scan/photo of the coins from various angles to determine what has happened.

Being a 1979 50 c piece, I would say it was turned into a necklace or something and possible gold/painted dipped for the effect.

Title: RE: 1979 50c Gold or Not to Gold
Post by: Ozcoins on May 09, 2015, 07:46:56 PM

I am pretty sure similar things have been discussed before (either here or on CCF) and the conclusion was gold plating applied to a normal con.

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